Psalm 9:11-20

Common English Bible

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who lives in Zion!
    Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!
¹² Because the one who avenges bloodshed
    remembers those who suffer;
    the Lord hasn’t forgotten their cries for help.

¹³ Have mercy on me, Lord!
    Just look how I suffer
    because of those who hate me.
But you are the one who brings me back
    from the very gates of death
¹⁴         so I can declare all your praises,
        so I can rejoice in your salvation
        in the gates of Daughter Zion.

¹⁵ The nations have fallen
    into the hole they themselves made!
    Their feet are caught
        in the very net they themselves hid!
¹⁶ The Lord is famous for the justice he has done;
    it’s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. Higgayon.^[a] Selah

¹⁷ Let the wicked go straight to the grave,^[b]
    the same for every nation that forgets God.

¹⁸ Because the poor won’t be forgotten forever,
    the hope of those who suffer won’t be lost for all time.

¹⁹ Get up, Lord! Don’t let people prevail!
    Let the nations be judged before you.
²⁰ Strike them with fear, Lord.
    Let the nations know they are only human. Selah